Testifying before the 9/11 Commission
Does it just disgust anyone else that the Bush Administration has stonewalled on releasing any information about any of its policies?
Why did Bush and Cheney have to impose the condition that they wouldn’t testify under oath? What do they have to hide? And why do they have to testify together? The above-linked article suggests that it’s so Bush and Cheney will “be able to correct each other’s memories.” But when the police are interrogating two suspects, don’t they ordinarily interview them separately so that holes in their stories can come out?
Does it occur to anyone else that Bush and Cheney are being interviewed together because Bush has always been awful when he tries to respond extemporaneously to the press? Might Cheney be there to make sure he doesn’t mess up?
The whole thing smells fishy. If there really is nothing suspicious going on, then why go through all this stonewalling? The Administration will only create more suspicion and conspiracy theories.